[Candidate genes so far identified in renal disease include those encoding the podocyte proteins nephrin and podocin, the transcription factor WT1, the calcium channel TRPC6 and the enzyme phospholipase C-epsilon-1 (in congenital nephrotic syndrome and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis), and carnosinase (in diabetic nephropathy).]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE